AutoCAD for Mac 2020: Construction Drawings

Bring your designs to life with AutoCAD for Mac 2020. Learn how to create accurate construction drawings for nearly any project using this essential CAD application.

Introduction

• AutoCAD for Mac: Construction drawings
• What you should know
• AutoCAD versions

1. Construction Drawing Theory

• Conveying intent
• Construction drawing characteristics

2. Sheet Sizes

• Metric vs. imperial
• Determining size
• Page Setup Manager
• Using Page Setups

3. Title Blocks

• Title block parts
• Layers
• Creating a basic title block
• Adding attributes
• Blocking our work
• Creating a layout
• Applying a page setup
• Limits and units
• Saving as a template

4. Layers

• Industry standard layers
• Setting layers to not plot

5. Plans and Elevations

• Checking coordinate systems
• Plans
• Elevations
• Sections
• Named views
• Details

6. Annotations

• Leaders
• Callouts
• Tables
• Dimensions
• Paper space

7. Viewports

• Creating viewports
• Viewport layer settings
• Setting views
• Customizing scales

8. Layouts and Printing

• Printing layouts
• Batch publishing

Conclusion

• Next steps